Primary cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old medical intern from needle-stick injury: a case report
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The authors report a case of cutaneous tuberculosis in a 27-year-old African male medical intern who contracted primary cutaneous from a needle-stick injury. Cultures of pus aspirated from the finger initially grew Staphylococcus aureus that led to a delay in the diagnosis.
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